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Be itknown that I, EUGENE H.]TaviioR, a

citizen of theUn'ited States, residing at Hyde Park, in the county o-fNorfolk and State of Massachusetts', have invented fa-new'v and useful Cup-Making Machine, o f which the following is a specification, Vreference being 'had to the accompanying sheetsl of drawings, in which likel reference-numerals 'indicateV like parts"throughout` Ithe respec-v tive views.`

' My invention relates to machines for Inaking CUPS. and like vessels from thin,f.ii exible material, Isuch as paper, the body of the cup being formed from a single piece of thematerial.

its chief objects are to provide a cup-making machine, -which, while comparativelyv simple in character, shall act continuously and-automatically to produce the cups from a ribbon of the material, a plurality ofolperations going onl simultaneously. Said cups when completed contain practically all the material of the. blank from which they are formedfthe excess being disposed of by crimping or folding the materialupon itself in plaits. v

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

in which I have illustrated by way. of eX-V ample one preferable embodiment of my in- ,.vention, I will proceed to describe the same in detail.

Figure 1 illustrates anend elevation of one embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, the K upper portion, however, being separately shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View; Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are full vertical sections on the lines 4 4, 55, 6-6 and 7-7, respectively, of Fig. 2; Fig. 8 is 'a sectional detail'fon the line 88 of Fig. 2, illustrating cup-clearing and holding mechanism; Fig. 9 is a similar view'on printing mechanism; Fig. 10 is a partial l sectional detail onvthe line 10-10'ofFig. 9 ;4

Figs. 11, 12 and 13 show in vertical section the three vpairs of forming and cutting dies;y

Fig. 14 is a broken top plan View, considerablv enlarged. of the female die illustrated in Fig. 11; Fig. l'is a sectional detail on the line 15-15 of Fig. 14, still further enping means; Fig. 18 is a side elevation there `other material Asupply-roll 39 (Figs.1, 4 and 16)` journaled l-in a pair of arms projecting from the frame.

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Fig. 20 is a top plan-view of the ldelivery mechanism for the spacing disks; Fig. 2lis a section-therethrough on the line 21-421 oi' Fig. 20; Fig.22 is a horizontal section on the line 224-22 of Fig. "Z, showing the stop movement for the printing mechanism; Fig.` 23 isan enlarged sectional detail on the line 23-23of Fig.' 1,v and Figs. 24', 25 andv 26 illustrate inside elevation successive stages 1n the forma-tion of the cup.

specification of Leiters Patent. j Patend Dec, *7, 1915, -Appiieaiion iiiiioetober 21, 1911.v seriaiNo. 655,951.

Similar characters designate like parts ink all figures of the drawings.

The various elements of my. improved machinearemounted upon a suitable frame l comprising a base 30,-end-pieces or uprights 31, 31 connected by upperand intermediate bars 32 and 33, respectively, and a standard situated between the end-pieces., Upon this intermediate lbar 33 arev fixed a series of female dies for operating successively upon "34 coperating with the bar 33 fand being the maie'riai. The erst of these dies (Figs.-

4,- 11, 14 and y 15) performs the preliminaryv operation of producing 'a flat blank ofv the material from whichthe' isto b e'made, and then forming this into the1 shallow dishshape lillustrated in F ig.'-` :'24, This die v35 consists of a block having/a conical depres sion in which are raised ribs or corrugaticns 35a, preferably extending ina radial direction or along velements vof the cone.v Sur? rounding the die-block 35 is a fixedv annular knife 36, and encircling this isI an annular v doffer or clearing member 37 provided at its lower edge witlra flange,rbetween which and the bar 33 ofthe frame are spiral springs 33' serving to normally ho-ld the uppervedge of the doifer flush withv the knife 36 (Figs. 4, f

and 11). i

Across'the top of the die '35 the paperv or is fed ina ribbonV from'a Cooperating with the supply-roll at each fend is a spring 41, passing'therefrom beneath a projection. 42 fixed to one of the also carried by the arm. Beyond the lug the spring has a' cylindrical threaded portion varying the position of this thumb-nutthe spring may be pressed vwith greater or less force upon the supply-roll and its freedom of rotation thus controlled to .keep the ribiio bon under suitable tension. From the supply-roll the ribbon passes between retaining rolls 45, 45, rotatably mounted in framearms above those carrying the supply-roll, one of these rolls having upon its spindle outside the arm a ratchet-wheel'46 against which a pawl 47 is pressed by va spring.'

These rolls hold the ribbon in the position to which it is advanced by mechanism now to be described, preventing its reverse movement when freed. Movable upon horizontal bars 48, 48 situated upon opposite sides of y lower portion of the slide is a link 51,. hav' the die 35 (Figs. 4 and 16 to 19, inclusive) are gripping means, each consisting of a slide 49 provided with a fixed laterally ex' tending jaw 49a adjacent towhich is fulcrumed a movable jaw 50 pressed normally;

upward by a spring 50a. Pivoted near the and having at its opposite extremities gears 58, 58 meshing with pinions 59, 59 upon a main driving shaft 60. Rotation is imparted to this driving shaft through a pulley 61 from some source of power. The end of the ribbon of paper once having been started from the supply-roll through the retaining rolls always'rests across the top of the die 35,'passing between the fixed and movable jaws of the vfeeding mechanism. As these jaws in the travel of the slides move to the `right (Figs. 4, 16 and 18), each link 51,

which is limited in its oscillation in this direction by contact .with the slide, raises -the screw 53 from the jaw 50 thus releasing the paper from the jaws. When the cam causes the link to move in the opposite direction, it brings the screw down upon the jaw 50 clamping the edge of the ribbon between it and the movable jaw, and then upon the continuance of the travel draws the paper from the supply roll between the retaining rolls and across the whole upper surface of the die. During the action of said die, the

slides 49v retreat to thev position first de-' scribed for the purpose of againy feeding forward the ribbon for the succeeding operation. Coperating with the die 35 is a male die 62 mounted upon a beam 63 guided by vertical slots 64 in the end-pieces of the frame. To the beam outside the end-pieces are secured eyes 654 (Figs. 1 and 2) to which are pivoted connecting rods 66 turning upon wrist-pins 67 projecting from the gears 58. As the cam-sliaft revolves, the connecting rods raiseand lower the beam bringing the male die into coperation with the female die, the former having ribs entering the depressions between the ribs of the latter (Fig. 15). Carried by'a flange outside the male die is an annular-knife 68 having shearing engagement with the outer edge of the knife 36. This knife 68contacts with the paper the formation of plaits therein as a step in the production of the vessel C. During this step an adhesive is applied to the corrugations in the cup through passages 69, 69 situated between the ribs of the female die and leading into an annular passage' 70 in the block, the latter being connected at 71 with a` source of supply. During the engagement between the dies 35 and 62 the doifer 37 was pressed down by the knife 68. As the beam carrying the male die rises at the end of the operation, the do'er is forced upwardly by its springs, thus raising the perforated section of the ribbon from which the blank was cut. pThis leaves the ribbon free to be again carried forward over the die 35 by the feeding members to present a fresh portion for a repetition of this operation.

The cup, the first stage of its formation being completed, is freed from the dies by clearing members 72 and 73 (Figs. 2a, 4, 8 and 11). It will be understood that the cup may be held in contact with either die, so that means is provided for releasing it from both. vThe member 72 furnishes the bottom of thedie 35, there being a head mounted upon a rod 74 reciprocating in a bore through the die, and having pivoted at its lower extremity a link 75 which is also articulated to an arm 76 fast upon'a shaft 77 y journaled in the frame. The shaft is rocked for the purpose of raising and lowering the clearing member 72 by an arm 78 provided with a projection entering a groove in a cam 79 fixed to the cani-shaft 57. The member 73 is in the form of a rod mounted to reciprocate through the male die, the die-beam and the top-bar of the frame, above the latter being connected to a link 8O which is pivoted at its upper' end to an arm 81 se cured to a shaft 82 journaled in brackets rising from the top-bar. Movement is communicated to the shaft 82 by a connectingrod 83 joined to an arm 84 fixed to the shaft 82,

and. having a projection entering a groove in a cam 85 rotatable by the cam-shaft 57.

.Beyond the connecting rod projection is a fork 86 straddling the cani-shaft and guiding the rod. As the male die rises the meml ber 72 follows it, and if the cup has been left in contact with the female die raises it therefrom. As the movement of the male die lstead remained upon said male die.

continuesupward the member 73 is thrust through it, detaching the cup, if it had in- In either event, the two clearing members meet and hold the cup in an elevated position between the dies (Fig. 4). With the partly formed cup in the position just described, it 1s seized by transfer' mechanism '(Figs. 3 and 4). This includes a fork 87 extending inward from a head 88 which is mounted to turn upon horizontal rods or shafts 89, 89. Pairs of links 90, 90 extend downwardly from the rods 89, 89 to shafts 91, 92 to which they are fixed, forming a parallel motion. The shafts are arranged to slide longitudinally through brackets projecting from the frame, travel in this direction being communicated to the shaft 91 by a lever 93 (Figs. 2 and 5)y fulcrumedupon a base of the machine and pivoted'to a collar 94 fixed to the shaft'. From the lever is a projection engaging a groove in a cam 95 secured to the cam-shaft 57. Held against movement along the shaft 91 by separated projections from a bracket 96, but having engagement with the shaftv to cause its oscillation by a spline and groove 97 (Fig. 1), is an arm 98, a projection from which coacts with the groove in a cam 99 upon the camshaft. As the partly formed cup is held between the clearing members, as previously described,fthe fork 87 is advanced toward it by the oscillation of the shaft 91, the arms of the fork embracing'the cup. When this position has been attained, the clearing members retreat to their normal positions leaving the cup supported upon the fork. The shaft 91 is now moved longitudinally through its bearings by the operation of the cam 95, carrying the fork and cup with it until it reaches a point over a female die 100 (Figs. 5 and 12)-by which the neXt operation is to be performed. The die-beam now descendsagain bringing with it a male die 101 for cooperation with the die 100. As die 101 reaches the cup, the supporting fork 87 retreats to its eXtreme outward position under the influence of the cam 99, and is. then brought to its normal position in alinement withthe first pair of dies byl the cam 95. The dies 100 and 101 have at their coperating surfaces the contour of ther finished cup,this being of a slightly tapered frustoconical shape, as appears in Figs. 25 and 26. As the corrugated blank is -pressed down between them the plaits are closed upon themselves, disposing of all the excess material in theside wall, the adhesive being distributed along Athe contacting faces of these plaits to hold them. At the same time a iange c is formed by the pressure of the outer edge of the cup between the oppositev surfaces 102, 102a of the female and male dies, respectively. Upon the separation of these dies, clearing and supportlng meinbers`103 and 104 act .uponithe cup in the same manner and `actuated 'by means similar to the members 72 and 73 from the shafts 77 and82. l v

As the male die'10l-d`escended`it carried with it a' disk or cup-element c which is to be insertedl withinthe cup for the purpose of providing a yspacing means,separating the flanges ofthe cups byfa predetermined distance when they are'Y nested one within another. These disks 'c' arcontained in a tubular receiver 107 (Figs..2, 20 and 21) supported in the frame, and. having operating through the bottom a plunger 108 upon which a pile Aofthedisks rest, said plunger being forced upwardly'by a spiral spring 109. To hold the upper disk of the pile in a definite position at the4 top of the rreceiver against the tension of the spring,

and regardless of the degree of lelevation of the plunger, a flat spring110 is mounted in a recess in the inner wall of the receiver, said spring having at its upper end 'an angular portion 111 situated adjacent to the top of the receiver. `This angular portion overlaps the upper disk and' thus limits the movement of the entire pile. Cooperating with the receiver is a feed member, consisting of a tube 112 rotatably' mounted in a short arm 113 secured to a vertical shaft 114, said shaft being j ournaled in bearin'gs'in the framemember 34. Fixed to the outer end of the tube 112 is a head 115, of such form Ias to be adapted to enter the top of thq relatten being fixed to some stationary portion ,of the machine, as the bearing of the shaft 114. The shaft l114 is oscillated by an arm 120 having a projection entering. a groove in a canfi 121 upon the cam-shaft. Before the descent f the die 101,"by virtue of the rotation ,of s aft 114, the head 115 is started from its position within the top of the receiver, and draws, therefrom bythe suction through its passages the upper disk, pressing aside the end of thespring to permit this. Engagement between thel bevel-pinion and fixed bevel-gear rotates the tube in its bearing in the arm, permittingV the withdrawal -ofthe head from the receiver and then inverting said headuntil in the revolution of the tube about` the shaft 114 the adisk ispresented to the end of the male die 101.' This die has through it' passages 1 05, which are connected wltlra fiexible pipe ias 105a to .means for producing intermittent the disk to the die the suction through the'l passages of the former ceases, while it is ex'- erted through the passages of the latter. The disk is thereby transferred to the die and the head retreats to secure the disk for delivery to the succeeding cup. The descent journaled therein, and upon which is secured an arm 139 provided with a projecfected by a stop-movement of the Geneva 70 type (Fig. 22)., one member 141 being fixed to the lower end'of the shaft 134, while the other 142 is attached to the upper end of a shaft 143 journaled in the standard 34.

10 of the male die carries the disk down and Shaft 143 is continuously rotated by'a bevel- 75 seats it in the bottom of the cup, it being pinion 144 meshingwith a similar pinion held therein by its engagement with the 145 upon the shaft 57. I v plaited walls, which are pressed firmly The second position of the holder is that against it by the coperating dies. The cup in which an advertisement or other inscripis now in its final form, but the flange lis tion may be printed upon the cup. This is 80 uneven and must be trim/med. lAs has aleffected by a frusto-conical member 146 ready been described, it is separated from (Figs. 1, 9 and 10) carrying upon its surface the dies 100 and 101 and held between them type 147 arranged to print as desired and as the male die rises by the members 103 and beingixed to the end of a shaft 148. Thisv 104. Here it is seized by avfork 121L carried shaft is journaled in an oscillating arm 149 85 similarly to the fork 87 upon the rods 89, 89, mounted upon a shaft 150 rotatable in the 'and transferred to a point above a female intermediate frame-bar. While movable trimming die 192 (FgS- 6 31111 13) the Same about the shaft, the arm 149 is in frictional in form 'as the diel 100, but having a c11t` engagement therewith through .disks 151,

25 ting edge 123. NThe male die consists of a 151% situated upon its opposite sides. The 90 form 125 sliding upOn a tube 1215 dependdisk 151 has upon its side farthest from the ing from the underside of the body of the am; a bevel-gear 152 and is secured to the die. At the bottom of this tube 1S e 112mg@ shaft 150 to rotate therewith. The other 127 ailainst which the form 125 is pressed disk 151a is forced into frictional engageby springs 128 situated in recesses 1n ther ment with the arm byu@ jam nut 153 thread- 95 OIm 31111 1110110015- S111'101111d111g 13110 upper ed upon the shaft. Both the disks are pref- @dge 0f the 101111 1S 2111 31111111111' 1111110 129 erably faced \at 154 with leather' or other copera-ting with the Cutting edge-123 0f suitable material to give the proper engaget-he female die- The deSCGIlt ofthe (11e-beam ment with the armf When the disk 151a is Carmes 1110101111 11110 i1 Cupa 110101111011 the correctly adjusted toward the disk 151, the 100 vSupporting fork retreats, leaving the 11721) arm, engagedi by the friction surfaces, is 610211 OI the Cup t0 be 021111001 (10'1111 111170 caused to rotate with the shaft 150, but to the female die and here held 1n position by Slip about the shaft when the printing or 'the 101111 With the 11'10g11f11" flange 01101113113 operating member 146 comes into contact 40 111g 1110 01113131112 edge 123- r11101101111111711111 with some other element of the machine. 105

' movement 0f 'the (11G-body 001111111105 10511117" With the gear 152 meshes a pinion 155 fas- 1 111.2 111 13110 1111119129:'511011-111119, 0Ve1' the 011ttened to the lower extremity of the shaft ting edge and trlmnung the Cup-flange t0 ltS 148; Oscillation is communicated to the 0011001 101111 and Wldthshaft through the arm 149 by a s hort arm NOW Cleaflg @11d 1101d111g-111mb01s 130 156 attached to one extremity of the shaft 110 1111@ ,130:1 111211111311111 the Cup 111 the PTOPeI 150 and joined by al connecting rod 156a to a 1105111011 t0 100 Selzed by i1 101k 131 0f the cam 157 mounted upon the cam-shaft, the transfer mechanism andgmoved thereby be- Connecting rod having a projection op- 11031111 11 1101d01' 132, (Flgs- 7 111111 23) W111C11 erating in the cam-groove and a fork 158 1s one of four depending from one of the embracing the Can1-shafi;, The printing 115 2.111115 0f 2151111101 133 1113111111011 21 s111111 134 member 146 coperates with a cup-holder 101111101011 111 the 130D 111111 11115011111111121116 112115 132 when the spider carrying the holders is O f the fl'itme- AS the transfer member dein the second position, or that following the "111712181116 011D 11e-110111311 1110 11011101, 2111 e19- placing of the cup upon the holder. From vetmg and pressure member 135, which 1S its coperaaon with the holder the print- 120 1n .the form of an arm pivoted upo'n a ing member travels into contact with one bracket projecting from the frame, 1s raised of a series of inking rolls -159, here shown by the actlon of a llnk 136. This li k is asthree in number, mounted upon brackpivoted to an arm 137 fixed to a sha t 138 ets rising from the bar 33 of` theframe. l

extending longitudinally of the frame and These inking rolls, 'which may be of any 125 Ysuitable material and supplied with the ink which they are to distribute in some contion running in a groove in a cam 140 secured tothe shaft 57. When` the Cup has to ether at the `u er roll havin@ an been firmly seated upon the holder'by the g 7 pp D venien-t manner not illustrated, are geared y i additional gear 161 meshing with a gear '162 130 upon the 'printing member. At its opposite or up \vard extreme of movement, when the printing roll contacts with the cups upon the holder,"the gear 162 comes into mesh with a gear 163 upon the holder. The rotationof the inking roll by the printing member through -the coperation of the gears 161, 162, as the rotation of the shaft continues after the printing member has been forced against the upper inking roll, causes a uniform application of ink to the type,

` while the rotation Lof the holder 132 by the ing through guides carried by the frame.A

To the upper end of this rod is pivoted a lever 167 fulcrumed above thev frame and joined by a link 168 to an arm 169 fixed to shaft S2. This connection causes the correctly timed movement of the rod 166, which strikes the head of a rod 170 mounted to slide in the spindle supporting the holder, and having at itslower end a disk ory plunger 171, Which serves as a vbottom to. the holder and is forced against the cup thereon to displace it. Normally the plunger is held in a raised position against the holder A by a spring 172 situated about the plungerstem in a recess in the holder-spindle and contacting Withv the underside of the stem-4 head.

The action of the different operating sections of the machine will be clear from the detailed description of each, and it seems onlynecessarybrieiiy to point out in regard to the entire organization, that the four operations of (l) cutting the blank from the l-ribbon of material, starting the formation of the plaits and `applying the adhesive at the dies 35, 62;v (2) complet-ing the formation of the plaits and forming the iange at dies 100, 101; (3) trimming the flange by the knives 123, 129; and (4) lprinting by means of the member 146 upon the completed cup supported by one of the four holders 132 are all performed simultaneously. 'Furtl1ermore, in alternation with this operating period, there is a feed and transfer period in which the ribbon of material is advanced through the rst section by the jaws 49a, 50, While the supporting forks 87, 121a and 131, under the iniuence of the reciprocatory movement of transla- 55 tion and the oscillation of the parallel motion mechanism, simultaneously convey the cups which have just been operated upon. from one section to the next, forks 87 and 121a acting with the clearing rods 72, 73 and 103, 104, respectively, and fork 131 cooperating iyith the clearing rods 130, 130a and.pressure 'member 135. At the same time a completed lcup is being thrown ofi' its holder by the displacing member 171" and the `rod 166. All these operations are entirely automatic and are performed rapidly and accurately.

YVhile I have illustrated and described an automatic machine embodying my invention, the same is to`\be regardedr as illustrative rather than definitive, as changes may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. A cup -making machine comprising means for simultaneously cuttingV a blank, starting the formation of plaits therein, and

applyingan adhesive to said plaits during their formation.

2. A cup-making machine comprising means for operatin g upon a blank to startthe formation of plaits therein, and means for closing the plaits to bring the blank to cupform and'applying a spacing member to the cup.

3. A 'cup-making machine comprising means for simultaneously starting the formation of plaits in a blank andapplying an adhesive to saidplaits during their formation and means for closing the plaits upon the adhesive.

means for operating upon a blank to start the formation of plaits therein, means for completing the formation of the plaits and producing a flange at the outside of the plaited portion, and means for trimming the flange, said means comprising independent ,trimming dies'operating to trim Vthe flange of the cup after it has been formed.

5. Thecombination With 'means for op- 4. A cup-making machine' comprising erating upon a cup, of tvvo parallel shafts,

means for oscillating -and reciprocating one of said shafts, parallel arms fixed to the shafts, and ascup-support carried by the opposite extremities of the arms from, the

shafts.

6. In a cup-machine, the combination` With a die having alternate ribs and depressions for producing cup plaits with adhesive-passages opening into theI depressions for supplying an adhesive material to the plaits.

7 In a machine for making one piece paper cups,cupfor1ning means and means for supplying-spacing members to the interior of the formed cups during their coperation W-ith the forming means.

8. vThe combination with cup forming forming dies, Yof a movable member situated,

means of a receiver adapted to hold a vplurality of cup spacing members in vertical series, a feeding member movable from the top of the receiver to the forming. means and means for inverting the feeding member during its movement to present a cup spacing member into delivery position.

9. The combination With means for operating upon a cup, of a'feeding member for l cups including cup-forming means, of a re- 'ceiver adaptedto hold spacing members, means for removing said spacing members from the receiver to the forming means individually andfmeans for oscillating and inverting said removing means. I n

11..'The combination-With a cup forming die, of a receiver for containing a plurality of cup spacing members, a member rotatable mechanism, of a rotatable spider, a plurality 'about its axis, a gear rotatable With the member, a fixed gear meshing With that of the member, and means foi` oscillating the.

member between the receiver, anddie, so as to present the cup spacing members taken from the receiver into delivery position with respect to the 'forming die.

12. The combination With a plurality of pairs of c'up forming members, clearing members mounted Ato reciprocate throughthe cup forming vmembers and coperating to hold the cup, actuating mechanism Ifor the clearing members, said actuating mecha# nism comprising a rock shaft an'd connecting links, connecting the reciprocating'clearing members with the rock shaft, lsaid rockl shaft adapted to impartjreciprocal movement to all vof the clearing members. i

13. The combination with a series of cupat the end of the series of dies, said member being provided with a. plurality of cupholders land being capable of occupying a plurality ofpositions, means for transferring a cup-.from the last die of the series to the holder. in one position of the movable member, and means for operating upon the cup in another position of the member.

' 14. The .combination with a series of cupforming dies, of a rotatable member situated vat the endv of the series of dies, said member -being provided with/ a plurality of cup-` 60 holdersv and being capable of occupying a Vplurality of positions, means for transfer- 'rin'ga cup from the' dies toa holder in one Lposition of the rotatable member, and means ik. 5H i for operating upon a cup carried by another 6 holder.

15. The combination with a series of cupforming dies, of a rotatable member situated at the end of the series of dies, said member being provided with a plurality of cupholders and being capable of occupying a plurality of positions, means for transferring a ycup from the dies to a holder in one position of the rotatable member, means for operating upon the cup in another position ofthe member, and means forremoving the cup from theI holderin still another position of the member.

16. The combinationwvith cup-forming means, of a movable cup-holder, movable means for transferring a cup from the forming means to the holder, and means for forcing the cup from the transfer means upon the holder.

17. The r(combination with cup-forming means, of a movable member provided with a cup-holder capable of occupying a plurality of positions, transfer means movable from the forming means to the vholder in one position of the movable member, and means for printing upon said cup in another position of the member.

18. The combination With cup-forming of cup-holders carried by separate arms of the spider and each adapted-to -receive a cup upon its exterior, and an oscillatory member'movable into proximity with the bottoms ofthe holders to force the cup upon the holders.

19. In a machine for making paper receptacles, the combination of flute-forming mechanism\including radial members over Which the blank may be fluted, means for pressing the flutes at upon each other to form plaits, and yducts with ports through which an adhesive is applied to the plaits to hold them together.V

20.1111' a cup-making machine, the combination of the following instrumentalities:

meaus including radially-disposed members coperatingvto Hute al blank of paper and impart thereto the form of a receptacle, a

pair of coperating dies to receive the 'K formed receptacle and act thereupon to form an outwardly-extending flange at its open end and means for applying an adhesive to cement the plaits and strengthen the Walls and flange of the receptacle.

21. YIn a` macnlne for making paper receptacles, the combination of forming mechanism including radially-disposed plai'ting members, adapted to act upon a blank of paper, means for pressing the .formed plaits ofthe blank together and lmeansfor apply; ing an adhesive to the plaits to supplement thev applied pressure in holding the plaits together. l

22. Ina cup making machine, the combination of plaiting means, coperating cup forming means, an adhesive applying means land means vfor forming an outwardly-ex- 23. In a cup making machine, the combination of means for acting upon a blank of paper and forming it into a plaited receptacle, and-means for applying an adhesive to hold the plaits together and strengthen the formed receptacle.

24. -In a cup making machine, means for plaiting a disk of paper and forming it into theshape of a cup, means for temporarily holding said plaited cup and means for applying an adhesive thereto.

25. In a cup making machine, comprising means for operating upon a blank to start the formation of plaits therein, means for closing the plaits to bring the blank to cup form, and means for applying an adhesive tlsaid plaits to hold the same in position. n l. 26. In a cup making machine, the combination of plaiting mechanism for forming v a blank paper in receptacle form having overlapping layers of paper, means for forming an outwardly-extending rim or Aiange portion on the receptacle, means for applying'y an adhesive compound to `said overlapping layers of paper to hold them in form and strengthen the Walls and rim of the receptacle.

27. In a cup making machine, the combination of the following instrumentalitieszplaiting mechanism provided With radiallydisposed plaiting members adapted to act' upon a. blank of paper and shape it into receptacle form, means for forming an outwardly-extending flange at the open end of the receptacle, means for applying pressure and an adhesive tothe plaits to maintain them in form.

28. In a cup making machine thecombination of plaiting mechanism for4 acting upon a blank to press it into the :torm'of a cup, means for forming a laterally and out- Wardly extending flange at the open end of said cup, said iiange terminating in a free circumferential edge spaced from the side Walls of thecup, and means for applying an adhesive to the cup to hold the plaits together and strengthen the side Walls and ange ortionthereof.

29. cup making machine comprising means for operating upon ayblank of paper to start the formation of plaits therein, means for compressing the plaits and producing a flange at thevoutside of the plaited portion, and means for applying an adhesive to hold said plaits together.

Signedat Hyde Park, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, this 18th day of October, 1911.

EUGENE H. TAYLOR,

'Witnessesz4 FRED A, RICH, HIRAM E. B. WALDRON. 

